Cherry Bekaert

JUNE 5, 2024

In response to the talent shortage and the declining number of certified public accountants (CPA) professionals, many corporate accounting departments are relying on professional services firms to fill the gaps. Key considerations center around the strengths and limitations of the organization’s current accounting team.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

Now, analysts at the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) are urging ERM to move beyond the c-suite. Professional accountants are well-positioned to better serve the organizations they work for by enabling effective enterprise risk management that identifies both risks and opportunities for the business,” the CEO noted.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG , which works in lending and public loans, will work with Hypoport subsidiary and corporate finance platform fundingport on corporate finance improvements, according to a press release. Corporate finance has shifted during the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Corporate accounting platform ScaleFactor is rolling out its Android app for business professionals to gain real-time visibility into company finances. Small businesses historically don’t have the ability to access accounting, finance and back-office operations from smartphones and tablets,” Rathmann said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In the accounting space, that means integrations with enterprise resource planning (ERP), accounts receivable, accounts payable, procurement, banking and other portals. This is one reason why companies may choose to work with a firm like Codence to custom build accounting software into their firms.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

Corporate accounting standards are changing, with the Financial Accounting Standards Board adopting new standards in ways companies report on leases, hedging and other financial activity. A recent report from CFO.com shed light on another factor driving accounting and financial transparency within corporate America.

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ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 18, 2024

Jump to: What are the roles and responsibilities for accountants? Accountant vs. CPA vs. tax preparer: What are the differences? GAAP and AICPA What issues should accountants be aware of in the profession? How can accountants be more efficient? Accountant responsibilities extend far beyond number crunching.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Financial technology innovation has opened the doors to massive transformation of corporate finance departments. While flashy corporate FinTech is exciting, innovation efforts have rarely focused on a mainstay of corporate finance teams: the financial close process, a crucial, but continually outdated function.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This concern is not misplaced: Research for the 2024 Salary Guide From Robert Half found that organizations in both public and corporate accounting are grappling with an accountant shortage. Without question, the finance and accounting profession has some significant talent challenges.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

One certified professional accountant, Evan Hutcheson, has launched his own company, Foundation to Cloud , to address some of the largest accounting and cash management problems faced by construction firms and contractors. “Construction accounting is a little more complex,” he recently told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

It’s common sense that a corporation would want its C-Suite to have some knowledge of accounting practices, and one could assume that a lack of understanding of corporate accounting may heighten the risk for misstatements on financial reports.

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CPA Practice

MAY 25, 2023

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) has presented its Outstanding Educator Award to two Illinois accounting faculty as part of its 2023 awards program. Accounting educators are instrumental in stewarding the next generation of leaders into the profession,” says Geoffrey Brown, CAE, president and CEO. Madeline K. Trimble, Ph.D.,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The future of the corporate accountant is in flux. FinTechs are developing ways to automate accounting tasks, forcing human accountants to provide more strategic, value-added services. That doesn’t mean corporate accountants are jumping ship, however.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

challenger bank Starling Bank has introduced a new feature to let multiple business owners access a single account. Starling noted that the feature is rolling out 16 months after it first launched its bank account for single-person businesses. Today, that service is nearing 60,000 users, the bank said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

Corporate treasurers are exploring AI for their own cash management and forecasting needs, while AI is also being explored among both traditional and alternative finance players for risk mitigation and underwriting purposes. ” Even so, only 11 percent of companies surveyed have integrated AI within their finance functions. .”

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Cherry Bekaert

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

On September 14, 2023, California’s Legislature has recently approved a landmark climate disclosure bill, Senate Bill 253, which is expected to have global impacts on corporate climate accountability. The bill, also known as the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (CCDAA), will require more than 5,000 U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

In today’s top news, Germany’s deputy finance minister wants to restructure accounting firm regulations, and consumers are turning away from travel rewards cards. Wirecard Forces ‘Radical’ Reboot Of German Accounting Regs. Plus, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. FDIC) is looking to modernize bank reporting.

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ThomsonReuters

APRIL 18, 2023

The accounting profession has faced a profound shift in recent years: from significant regulatory changes to an influx of innovative technologies, to reimagined business models, to an increase in client expectations. What are the current issues in accounting? but there are several common hurdles that often run industry wide.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Amanda Iacone at Bloomberg Tax has written the accounting niche’s 1,735th article about the accountant shortage and this time, as is often the case, the focus is 150 hours. Companies, not just CPA firms, are struggling to fill senior accountant roles and jobs for accountants with three to five years of experience.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

This challenge exists for professionals across the back office, but in business accounting, the lack of data integration and accuracy mean finance experts are spending valuable time correcting information and moving numbers from one platform to another. ” Supporting an Accounting Shift.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

The International Accounting Standards Board introduced a significant overhaul to lease accounting standards , and while the changes went into effect at the start of 2019, corporates continue to face challenges to adhere to the standards and remain compliant. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

With the new funding, Finexio is looking at continuing to streamline and optimize the last mile of the corporate accounts payable process. That enables finance teams to work faster and remove clunky manual processes.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

Bots are marching steadily into the corporate accounting department as professionals feel more comfortable handing tasks to a machine. The more bots make their way into the accounting department, the more concerns arise about jobs, compliance, trust and other industry-unknowns. “This is such new territory for everyone.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

This week's B2B Digest looks at how corporate finance scams come in all shapes and sizes, from employee expense fraud to invoice falsification. Researchers discovered a "spillover effect," in which reports of corporate fraud were linked to an increase in local theft and robbery reports. "It

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

corporate finances following a series of scandals. Separate reports on Thursday in AccountingToday said the nation’s top auditors, including KPMG and PwC, have been urged to improve their corporate accounting processes, with the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Chief financial officers are changing their views on how they assess corporate performance in light of changes to lease accounting rules coming into play. Companies including Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Air France have already notified investors that they are amending or changing performance metrics.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Miller was appointed vice president for finance in April 2020 and also serves as the university treasurer. Under his leadership, the Division of Finance has enhanced university business practices and transformed several financial and business information systems to improve customer service for faculty, staff, and students.

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Snyder

MARCH 6, 2023

Our fast-paced world has transformed many jobs, but few seem to have changed as much as what accountants typically did even 20 years ago compared to today, next year, or the next decade. So, let’s look at the accountant roles of today and the current trends that influence what the roles of an accountant of tomorrow will entail.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

The trade finance industry encompasses a range of financial products all with a single goal in mind: Promote global trade and the financial well-being of traders. But there are multiple products available, and some have multiple names, leading to some confusion for both corporate traders and financiers. The 2018 collapse of U.K.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

The rise in automated solutions – especially in various finance functions – initially led to concern among financial professionals that their positions might be replaced by robots. Indeed, small businesses say they are actually demanding more from their accountants and bookkeepers than ever before. I’m a strong believer in that.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

Two accounts receivable companies, REPAY Realtime Electronic Payments and InterProse, are integrating their perspective technologies to enhance accounts receivable (AR) services for joint customers. Last year, REPAY enhanced its accounts receivable offering through the acquisition of PaidSuite, another payments player in AR management.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

Like an aftereffect of a sci-fi film, the rise in automation within corporate financial teams has led to fears and anxiety: Will humans no longer be needed in the accounting department? Are the CFO and corporate treasurer becoming extinct? Automation and accounting software may be to blame, the publication said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly opened an investigation into the accounting practices of digital industrial company General Electric (GE). Washington Post reports this week said GE revealed the SEC’s probe was linked to its disclosure of a miscalculation in its insurance unit.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2018

Trade finance is a critical part of cross-border trade, particularly for small businesses. The explosion of different kinds of trade finance enables businesses to address multiple areas of cash flow gaps for both buyers and suppliers, all with the same goal: keep the global trade gears turning. Defunct U.K. Defunct U.K.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

The co-chief executive officer of Asiana Airlines is exiting the company following an accounting debacle that led two auditors to reject the company’s annual reports. Analyst pointed to the company’s lack of accounting transparency as a key factor behind those warnings.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

The movement to speed commerce comes alongside the movement to open up trade finance, the funding of international trade through various agreements between sellers and buyers. But when late payments become part of the tapestry, financing options and inventiveness suffer. One notable user of such financing: Carillion, the U.K.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

The company said this week that its new enterprise accounting solution, Dynamics AX, will run entirely on the Azure cloud infrastructure. According to reports on Wednesday (March 9), other accounting solutions from Microsoft only ran partially on the cloud; with Dynamics AX, Fortune reports, Microsoft is going “all in” on cloud technology.

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